how to convert phenol to p-salicylic acid. Show the steps . Plz help me out fast ...
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Phenol can be converted into salicylic acid by following the given steps :
Step 1 :- React phenol with NaOH to get sod.phenoxide ion (also called protection /masking step)
{ Note: step 1 is called protection or masking step because , if we react phenol directly with dry ice it will react with the hydrogen of hydroxyl group instead reacting with hydrogen of aryl group, so to prevent that reaction , we react phenol with NaOH first.
[Reason , removal of hydrogen from -OH group will make phenoxide ion more stable due to resonance as removal of hydrogen from aryl group at this stage becomes more difficult.]
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phenol can be covert into p-salicylic acid by the reaction of phenol with sodium hydroxide to get sod.
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